Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Didier J. Carias

29 years old · died September 26, 2022 · Piedmont Correctional Institution, Rowan County, North Carolina

Didier J. Carias, 29, died on September 26, 2022, while held at Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury, North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety said staff found him unresponsive in his cell that afternoon. The department said the death appears to be a suicide. Law enforcement and the department are investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety says the death appears to be a suicide, and law enforcement and the department are investigating.

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Public Safety (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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